New Plymouth Rough Sleepers Outreach Service

One of our new projects planned for 2024 is a Pilot Outreach Service catered to our Rough Sleeper community in New Plymouth. We have long sought to support and journey alongside this community through our programmes, kai for koha cafe, and Listening Ear service...
Inner Confidence

Inner Confidence

Here are five tips as a starter-guide to building your inner-confidence. We recommend that you have a read, and then chat through with a Support Person. 1. Accepting feelings as feelings. At the Retreat, we think about the person holistically; and understand how the...
Grounding Techniques

Grounding Techniques

Using the 5-4-3-2-1 technique, you will purposefully take in the details of your surroundings using each of your senses. Strive to notice small details that your mind would usually tune out, such as distant sounds, or the texture of an ordinary object. What are 5...
Coaching Intro

Coaching Intro

One of the opportunities available to people accessing Taranaki Retreat’s Outreach Programme is to have some coaching with our Life Coach Liz.  Sometimes we feel stuck, or we may be up for making some changes/moving forward, tired of talking about the past...